WCF over WSDL Timeout error - wcf

I develop server-client app using Xamarin.
I use WCF to send data from server to client.
And sometimes happens timeout exceptions.
I guess this problem of slow connection to server.
Via fast Wi-Fi, 3g, 4g is no problems. But if connection speed is less then 3g, sometimes happens timeout.
I diagnose connection with WireShark, and it's saying next when timeout (see picture)
Please, help me resolve this problem.

When creating a binding you can specify timeouts and reader quotas. So you must raise timeout spans to an appropriate value. You can do it in code and through configuration file.
Through code you can do it like this
var binding = new NetNamedPipeBinding()
{
OpenTimeout = TimeSpan.MaxValue,
CloseTimeout = TimeSpan.MaxValue,
SendTimeout = TimeSpan.MaxValue,
ReceiveTimeout = TimeSpan.MaxValue,
ReaderQuotas = { MaxStringContentLength = 2147483647, MaxBytesPerRead = 2147483647, MaxArrayLength = 2147483647 },
MaxBufferSize = 6553500,
MaxReceivedMessageSize = 6553500
};
And through configuration file you can do it like this
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<netTcpBinding>
<binding name="longTimeoutBinding"
receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:10:00">
<security mode="None"/>
</binding>
</netTcpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="longTimeoutService"
behaviorConfiguration="longTimeoutBehavior">
<endpoint address="net.tcp://localhost/longtimeout/"
binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="longTimeoutBinding" />
</service>
....

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Trouble connecting to API

I am new to WCF/APIs and know little to nothing about security. Let me know if I need to provide any more information.
I am trying to connect to a service using
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_ISalesOrderService">
<security mode="Transport" >
<transport clientCredentialType="Basic"></transport>
</security>
</binding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IDocumentationService">
<security mode="TransportCredentialOnly" >
<transport clientCredentialType="Basic"></transport>
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="address1"
name="BasicHttpBinding_ISalesOrderService"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_ISalesOrderService"
contract="SoCalls.ISalesOrderService" />
<endpoint address="address2"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IDocumentationService"
contract="DocCalls.IDocumentationService"
name="BasicHttpBinding_IDocumentationService" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
With this, I get this error:
'System.ServiceModel.Security.MessageSecurityException'
The HTTP request is unauthorized with client authentication scheme 'Basic'.
The authentication header received from the server was 'Basic Realm'.
Edit
I followed the instructions suggested in the link provided in the comments, still is giving me this error. I updated my code but I think I am still a bit confused on whether to use HTTP/HTTPS due to lack of knowledge of either service.
Here is how I instantiate my service:
private static SoCalls.SalesOrderServiceClient CreateSalesOrderServiceClient()
{
BasicHttpBinding myBinding = new BasicHttpBinding();
myBinding.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 10000 * 2;
myBinding.Security.Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.TransportCredentialOnly;
myBinding.Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = HttpClientCredentialType.Basic;
EndpointAddress ea = new EndpointAddress("address1");
SoCalls.SalesOrderServiceClient client = new SoCalls.SalesOrderServiceClient();
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = ("username");
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = ("password");
return client;
}
As it seems, I did not have access to the API with this specific database which is what was giving me my error. I tried sending other credentials for a separate database from the same server and it worked perfectly fine. Purchased the license required and the code works as expected.

WCF - There was no endpoint listening

One of my WCF Services has an operation contract taking a large sized file as a parameter. So, when the client tries to send this over, I got an exception and when I looked at the server trace this is what I saw:
MESSAGE: The maximum message size quota for incoming messages (65536)
has been exceeded. To increase the quota, use the
MaxReceivedMessageSize property on the appropriate binding element.
I was using the default simplified configuration for my WCF services, so added a new service definition as follows:
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="MyNamespace.MyService">
<endpoint address="MyService.svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="basicHttp"
contract="MyNamespace.IMyService" />
</service>
</services>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="basicHttp" allowCookies="true"
maxReceivedMessageSize="10485760"
maxBufferSize="10485760"
maxBufferPoolSize="10485760">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32"
maxArrayLength="10485760"
maxStringContentLength="10485760"/>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
...
</behaviors>
<protocolMapping>
...
</protocolMapping>
The way I consume my services is, I have a function returning a channel in my helper class, and I use that channel to call the operations:
public static T CreateChannel<T>() where T : IBaseService
{
System.ServiceModel.BasicHttpBinding binding= new System.ServiceModel.BasicHttpBinding();
binding.TransferMode = TransferMode.Streamed;
binding.Security = new BasicHttpSecurity() { Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.None };
binding.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 10485760;
binding.MaxBufferSize = 10485760;
System.ServiceModel.ChannelFactory<T> cf2 = new ChannelFactory<T>(binding,
new System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress(MyEndpointAddress)); //I checked this part, the address is correct.
T Channel= cf2.CreateChannel();
return Channel;
}
and then,
var businessObject = WcfHelper.CreateChannel<IMyService>();
var operationResult = await businessObject.MyOperationAsync(...);
Even though, my other services are running correctly, the one I defined in the configuration explicitly returns an exception of "There was no endpoint listening..." I am developing on VS2012, using IISExpress. What may be the problem, any suggestions?
I think there is a mismatch for transfert mode. In client-side, you are are using streamed transfert whereas in server-side it is not in the config. In addition, you have specified 10MB, which is not so high.
Please visit this for more info on streaming.
Edit :
If you are hosting under IIS, please also check (default is 4Mb) :
<system.web>
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="4096 " />
</system.web>

How to use a Service Reference with a basic authentication WCF SOAP Service

I have a WCF SOAP service that uses basic access authentication. SSL is not being used - I understand the security issues here.
Using the WCFTestClient application I have verified the service works by temporarily hard coding into the service a user name and password to use when the Authorization header is not present.
I am now trying to write a test application that passes the credentials via the Authorization header. I've added a service reference to my service in my test app but the Authorization header is not present in the http request. The generated MyServiceClient class uses System.ServiceModel.ClientBase
In my test app I am setting the credentials as follows
MyServiceClient client = new MyServiceClient("BasicHttpBinding_MyService");
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "WebServiceUsername";
client.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "WebServicepassword";
I have also tried as follows
MyServiceClient client = new MyServiceClient();
ClientCredentials loginCredentials = new ClientCredentials();
loginCredentials.UserName.UserName = "WebServiceUsername";
loginCredentials.UserName.Password = "WebServicepassword";
client.Endpoint.Behaviors.Remove(client.Endpoint.Behaviors.Find<ClientCredentials>());
client.Endpoint.Behaviors.Add(loginCredentials);
The service web.config is as follows
<services>
<service name="MyService" behaviorConfiguration="MyBehavior" >
<endpoint contract="MyService" binding="basicHttpBinding" />
<endpoint contract="IMetadataExchange" binding="mexHttpBinding" address="mex" />
</service>
</services>
The test app.config is as follows
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpBinding_MyService">
<security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
<transport clientCredentialType="Basic"/>
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:55314/MyService.svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_MyService"
contract="MyService" name="BasicHttpBinding_MyService" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
Any thoughts on what I am missing?
This is a good starting point, move your binding and endpoint info from config file to your class:
protected BasicHttpBinding binding = new BasicHttpBinding()
{
Name = "Name your binding here",
CloseTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 1, 0),
OpenTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 1, 0),
ReceiveTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 10, 0),
SendTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 1, 0),
AllowCookies = false,
BypassProxyOnLocal = false,
HostNameComparisonMode = HostNameComparisonMode.StrongWildcard,
MaxBufferSize = 65536,
MaxBufferPoolSize = 524288,
MaxReceivedMessageSize = 65536,
MessageEncoding = WSMessageEncoding.Text,
TransferMode = TransferMode.Buffered,
UseDefaultWebProxy = true,
Security = new BasicHttpSecurity()
{
Mode = BasicHttpSecurityMode.Transport,
Message = new BasicHttpMessageSecurity() { AlgorithmSuite = SecurityAlgorithmSuite.Default, ClientCredentialType = BasicHttpMessageCredentialType.UserName},
Transport = new HttpTransportSecurity() { ClientCredentialType = HttpClientCredentialType.Digest }
},
};
protected EndpointAddress endPoint = new EndpointAddress("http://localhost:55314/MyService.svc");
and then
MyServiceClient client = new MyServiceClient(binding, endpont);
Try this, and tweak the binding into your needs, especially "Security".
BasicHttpBinding doesn't seem to have a Security Property in WP8, I am very frustrated with trying to access a sharepoint list under WP8. Xamarin IOS/Android it is no problem.

Streaming binary data to WCF rest service gives Bad Request (400) when content length exceeds 64k

I have a WCF service that takes a stream:
[ServiceContract]
public class UploadService : BaseService
{
[OperationContract]
[WebInvoke(BodyStyle=WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare, Method=WebRequestMethods.Http.Post)]
public void Upload(Stream data)
{
// etc.
}
}
This method is to allow my Silverlight application to upload large binary files, the easiest way being to craft the HTTP request by hand from the client. Here is the code in the Silverlight client that does this:
const int contentLength = 64 * 1024; // 64 Kb
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://localhost:8732/UploadService/");
request.AllowWriteStreamBuffering = false;
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Post;
request.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
request.ContentLength = contentLength;
using (var outputStream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
outputStream.Write(new byte[contentLength], 0, contentLength);
outputStream.Flush();
using (var response = request.GetResponse());
}
Now, in the case above, where I am streaming 64 kB of data (or less), this works OK and if I set a breakpoint in my WCF method, and I can examine the stream and see 64 kB worth of zeros - yay!
The problem arises if I send anything more than 64 kB of data, for instance by changing the first line of my client code to the following:
const int contentLength = 64 * 1024 + 1; // 64 kB + 1 B
This now throws an exception on the client when I call request.GetResponse():
The remote server returned an error:
(400) Bad Request.
In the server's WCF configuration I have set maxReceivedMessageSize, maxBufferSize and maxBufferPoolSize to 2147483647, but to no avail. Here are the relevant sections from my service's app.config:
<service name="UploadService">
<endpoint address=""
binding="webHttpBinding"
bindingName="StreamedRequestWebBinding"
contract="UploadService"
behaviorConfiguration="webBehavior">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8732/UploadService/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding name="StreamedRequestWebBinding"
bypassProxyOnLocal="true"
useDefaultWebProxy="false"
hostNameComparisonMode="WeakWildcard"
sendTimeout="00:05:00"
openTimeout="00:05:00"
receiveTimeout="00:05:00"
maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
maxBufferSize="2147483647"
maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647"
transferMode="StreamedRequest">
<readerQuotas maxArrayLength="2147483647"
maxStringContentLength="2147483647" />
</binding>
</webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior name="webBehavior">
<webHttp />
</behavior>
<endpointBehaviors>
</behaviors>
How do I make my service accept more than 64 kB of streamed post data?
Edit: as shown in the client code above, I am not using service references, rather constructing the HTTP request by hand. (This is because Silverlight service references do not support streams.)
So I found the problem - bindingName="StreamedRequestWebBinding" should be bindingConfiguration="StreamedRequestWebBinding". With the former, my the binding configuration specified was not being used at all, so maxReceivedMessageSize defaulted to 64kB.
There is a ServiceReferences.ClientConfig file in your Silverlight app as well, you should update the maxBufferSize and maxReceivedMessageSize in that config.

Increasing the timeout value in a WCF service

How do I increase the default timeout to larger than 1 minute on a WCF service?
Are you referring to the server side or the client side?
For a client, you would want to adjust the sendTimeout attribute of a binding element. For a service, you would want to adjust the receiveTimeout attribute of a binding elemnent.
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<netTcpBinding>
<binding name="longTimeoutBinding"
receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:10:00">
<security mode="None"/>
</binding>
</netTcpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="longTimeoutService"
behaviorConfiguration="longTimeoutBehavior">
<endpoint address="net.tcp://localhost/longtimeout/"
binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="longTimeoutBinding" />
</service>
....
Of course, you have to map your desired endpoint to that particular binding.
Under the Tools menu in Visual Studio 2008 (or 2005 if you have the right WCF stuff installed) there is an options called 'WCF Service Configuration Editor'.
From there you can change the binding options for both the client and the services, one of these options will be for time-outs.
You can choose two ways:
1) By code in the client
public static void Main()
{
Uri baseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost/MyServer/MyService");
try
{
ServiceHost serviceHost = new ServiceHost(typeof(CalculatorService));
WSHttpBinding binding = new WSHttpBinding();
binding.OpenTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 10, 0);
binding.CloseTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 10, 0);
binding.SendTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 10, 0);
binding.ReceiveTimeout = new TimeSpan(0, 10, 0);
serviceHost.AddServiceEndpoint("ICalculator", binding, baseAddress);
serviceHost.Open();
// The service can now be accessed.
Console.WriteLine("The service is ready.");
Console.WriteLine("Press <ENTER> to terminate service.");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.ReadLine();
}
catch (CommunicationException ex)
{
// Handle exception ...
}
}
2)By WebConfig in a web server
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding openTimeout="00:10:00"
closeTimeout="00:10:00"
sendTimeout="00:10:00"
receiveTimeout="00:10:00">
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
</system.serviceModel>
For more detail view the official documentations
Configuring Timeout Values on a Binding
Class WSHttpBinding
Different timeouts mean different things. When you're working on the client.. you're probably looking mostly at the SendTimeout - check this reference - wonderful and relevant explanation:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wcf/thread/84551e45-19a2-4d0d-bcc0-516a4041943d/
It says:
Brief summary of binding timeout knobs...
Client side:
SendTimeout is used to initialize the OperationTimeout, which governs the whole interaction for sending a message (including receiving a reply message in a request-reply case). This timeout also applies when sending reply messages from a CallbackContract method.
OpenTimeout and CloseTimeout are used when opening and closing channels (when no explicit timeout value is passed).
ReceiveTimeout is not used.
Server side:
Send, Open, and Close Timeout same as on client (for Callbacks).
ReceiveTimeout is used by ServiceFramework layer to initialize the session-idle timeout.
In addition to the binding timeouts (which are in Timespans), You may also need this as well. This is in seconds.
<system.web>
<httpRuntime executionTimeout="600"/><!-- = 10 minutes -->